Opinion
Capitate HMO execs, not doctors
LETTER — Posted June 29, 2009
Regarding: "Massachusetts considers capitated insurance payments" (Article, June 1): As a family doctor who is capitated under an HMO plan, let me tell you Massachusetts doctors that it has been a rip-off. Fight it off before the idea takes hold.
Perhaps we should capitate the HMO chief executive officers instead. I would favor $500,000 per year each. This would save millions of dollars, which instead could be used for health care.
Ann Ewalt Hamilton, MD, Riverside, CA
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/06/29/edlt0629.htm.